Anyone know MacColgans fromDromore or Fintona in County Tyrone? My ancestors came from Dromore to Pennsylvania in 1847.
Hugh and Margaret brought their three sons: Edward, Francis X., and Michael.
Iwouldlike to discover who their parents were, and to learn more about our family history, andif there are any living relatives in the area today.
Lynn
Lynn:
I looked at the 1859 Griffiths Valuation head of household listing for Dromore parish just to see if there were any McColgans in the parish. There was one, a John in Cornamuck townland.
I assume your family was RC. I checked Roots Ireland www.rootsireland.ie and they do not have the RC records for Dromore parish. They do have the Presbyterian records back to 1835. Roots is a pay site.
The Mormon Chruch has microfilmed the Dromore RC records and you can go to www.familysearch.org and order the film from Salt Lake City. The film goes to a local Family History Center (hopefully there is one near you) where you go to review the film. See third link below.
The second link below is a Co. Tyrone genealogy web site whichg may be useful to you.
By the way, I checked the 1901 census and ther were no McColgans in the townland.
Roger McDonnell
http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/tyrone/dromore.htm
http://www.cotyroneireland.com/
https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/112233?availability=Family%20Hi…
Hello Lynn,
My ancesters were also from Dromore. In fact, I was just there a few weeks ago. The parish priest, Fr. MacEntee was very helpful.
Here is a link on RootsWeb that may help you:
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CoTyroneIreland/2001-08/0…
It is a list of Roman Catholic baptisms in the parish. It was transcribed from LDS film No. 0926052 by Mike O'Donnell. I copied the McColgans on the list.
Date Surname Name Father MotherName MotherSur Town
4/21/1857 McColgan John Edward
7/15/1838 McColgan Sara Edward
1/10/1872 McColgan McCusker? Brigid Patrick Rose Gorman ?
7/15/1873 McColgen? Colgan Francis Francis Catherine Donnelly Minegar
Another useful Website to check out is by Tim McQuade. Here is the link:
http://forgottenjourneys.blogspot.com/2013/07/district-electoral-divisi…